Woman Suffrage Association of New Zealand

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The Woman Suffrage Association of New Zealand was a leading late-19th-century organization that campaigned for women’s voting rights and helped make New Zealand the first self-governing country to grant women the vote.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political advocacy group ⓘ
women's suffrage organization ⓘ
activeIn late 19th century ⓘ
advocatedRight women's participation in civic life ⓘ
women's voting rights in national elections ⓘ
areaOfWork electoral reform ⓘ
women's rights ⓘ
associatedWith New Zealand women's movement ⓘ
temperance and social reform networks ⓘ
campaignMethod pamphlets and printed materials ⓘ
petitioning Parliament ⓘ
press advocacy ⓘ
public meetings ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country New Zealand ⓘ
countryFirstToGrantWomenVote New Zealand ⓘ
focusPopulation women in New Zealand ⓘ
goal parliamentary enfranchisement of women ⓘ
political equality for women ⓘ
women's right to vote ⓘ
historicalSignificance key organization in global history of women's suffrage ⓘ
pioneering suffrage organization in the British Empire ⓘ
ideology liberal feminism ⓘ
influenced New Zealand Electoral Act 1893 ⓘ
issue democratic representation ⓘ
gender equality in political rights ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legacy expanded political rights for women in New Zealand ⓘ
model for later suffrage organizations worldwide ⓘ
location Christchurch ⓘ
movement first-wave feminism ⓘ
women's suffrage movement ⓘ
nonProfitStatus non-profit organization ⓘ
notableAchievement contributed to New Zealand becoming the first self-governing country to grant women the vote ⓘ
helped secure women's suffrage in New Zealand ⓘ
operatedWithin New Zealand parliamentary system ⓘ
linked to: Westminster system
operationalScope national ⓘ
opposed legal exclusion of women from the franchise ⓘ
politicalOrientation reformist ⓘ
typeOfOrganization voluntary association ⓘ
usedTactic lobbying legislators ⓘ
mass signature collection ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

women's suffrage movement → hasKeyOrganization → Woman Suffrage Association of New Zealand ⓘ
New Zealand Electoral Act 1893 → associatedWithMovement → New Zealand women's suffrage movement ⓘ
linked to: Woman Suffrage Association of New Zealand
Woman Suffrage Association of New Zealand → associatedWith → New Zealand women's movement ⓘ
linked to: Woman Suffrage Association of New Zealand
Addington Cemetery, Christchurch → associatedWith → New Zealand suffrage movement ⓘ
linked to: Woman Suffrage Association of New Zealand
Addington Cemetery, Christchurch → commemorates → New Zealand suffragists ⓘ
linked to: Woman Suffrage Association of New Zealand